David Veksler

“The biggest enemy to learning is the talking teacher.”
― John Holt

“What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all.”
― John Holt

“Marie Striekwold-Ebben, passed along this piece of wisdom: “Even if you don’t have much money, keep in mind that the bedroom is the most important room in the house. Love and sadness are shared under the sheets, and you hope that your children will come into the world in your bedroom and that you will leave the world there.”
― Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: Updated With New Material

“Contrary to myth, for instance, intrinsic physical characteristics only rarely interfere with the capacity to give birth. In other words, your pelvis is probably big enough for vaginal birth. Nearly every woman’s is. Mental attitudes and emotions, on the other hand, interfere with the ability to give birth far more than is generally understood.”
― Ina May Gaskin, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: Updated With New Material